Julie Beitz was named principal drug regulatory expert at Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C., a law firm focused on FDA.
A $10.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help establish the University of Hawaiʻi Pacific Center for Genome Research.
The Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation pledged $1 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. The funds will support the cancer institute’s radiation oncology center, which opened in July.
Taofeek K. Owonikoko, a physician-scientist and thoracic oncologist, was named executive director of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC).
Robert A. Winn, director of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, became president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes at the conclusion of the 2023 AACI/CCAF annual meeting in Washington, DC, Oct. 3.
The following people received awards at the 2023 annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes:
The Association of Community Cancer Centers released its annual Trending Now in Cancer Care report, including actionable strategies in eight key areas: payer-driven challenges, patient engagement, new care delivery models, workforce issues, business intelligence solutions, artificial intelligence clinical decision support tools, precision medicine, and research and clinical trials.
Alejandro Aballay, an expert in immune signaling and graduate education, was named dean of the MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, effective Jan. 2, 2024.
MD Anderson Cancer Center has established the Texas Health Equity Alliance for Breast Cancer (THEAL), a community-wide health care initiative to reduce breast cancer disparities in the Houston area, particularly for Black women.
Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center opened a breast center at the Hutchinson Metro Center at 1250 Waters Place.
